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Chinese-Based Company Owns Florida Private Schools Cut Off by DeSantis

Florida won’t pay scholarship funds to four private schools owned by firm now banned by state law.
Chinese-Based Company Owns Florida Private Schools Cut Off by DeSantis
Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during the Moms for Liberty Joyful Warriors national summit at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown in Philadelphia on June 30, 2023. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
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Four private schools that lost state-funded scholarships in Florida last week are owned by a mega-sized investment company based in China.

The ownership violates one of three laws signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on May 8, which bans schools from entering relationships or partnerships with foreign countries of concern and names the Chinese Communist Party as one, state Education Commissioner Manny Diaz told The Epoch Times in his first interview with the national press on the subject.